Day 5

1984 Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

Adaptation, Day Two: Performance

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

To engage Orwell's text by transforming it in a different genre

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4

Structure:

(45 min)

Give students time to rehearse their adaptations, reviewing the staging and script developed the previous day. After rehearsal, each group should perform their adaptation. The rest of the class should make sure to observe the other groups' performances closely, taking notes and asking questions afterward. Provide time for brief question-and-answer sessions after each performance, as well as a longer discussion at the end. Questions might...

There is a sense of static time which mirrors the very static mood of the book. Nothing seems tro change. The party has complete control of the mood of society. Later on in the book, we see that the party has control over time and reality.